Lobster: And Other Things I'm Learning to Love
Lobster: And Other Things I'm Learning to Love
Lobster: And Other Things I'm Learning to Love
Description
Description
A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug
'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN
As people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery. So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? We are told to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun. In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again. 'Never have we needed her more' STYLIST 'I've loved her work for years' JO BRAND 'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPEST
About the Author
About the Author
Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling, Slug, Ted Hughes Award-winning Nobody Told Me and poetry collections Plum, Cherry Pie and Papers. She has also adapted Greek tragedy Antigone, and co-wrote Offside, a play, with fellow poet Sabrina Mahfouz. She loves writing.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Poems to feed your soul: 480 pages of funny, wise and thought-provoking reflections on how to embrace ourselves and our lives, just as we are--Stylist
One of the UK's top performance poets--DLuxe
Inimitable . . . bold, direct, down-to-earth writing that fearlessly questions all the warped and wily ways we have been taught to hate--Manx Independent
She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love--Kae Tempest
Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away. They're nostalgia mixed with the realisation of what we've been fed. Reminiscence leading to discoveries before the arrival of acceptance, healing and contentment. The perfect book about life to make you question what you think is true. I wish I could've read it sooner!--Giovanna Fletcher
One of the best poets we have . . . I love Hollie McNish--Matt Haig
energising, fearless and joyful--Sara Pascoe
funny, so smart and refreshingly honest--Sarah Millican
beautifully, quietly heartbreaking . . . this book is so good--Musa Okwonga
She succeeded in me seeing the world in an entirely different way . . . Raw, Visceral--Nihal Arthanayake
Hollie and her poems are a bold, funny, raw, rebellious delight--Liz Berry
I've loved her work for years--Jo Brand
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Fleet
Pub date:
2025-02-11
Length:
432 pages
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